Health literacy is the degree to which individuals are able to access and process basic
health information and services and thereby participate in health-related decisions. Limited …

Digital health literacy is an extension of health literacy and uses the same operational
definition, but in the context of technology. Technology solutions have the potential to both …

Eighty-seven million American adults have low health literacy (LHL), costing up to $238
billion annually in inefficiencies (Vernon, Trujillo, Rosenbaum, & DeBuono, 2007). Yet, the …

Organizational health literacy is described as an organization-wide effort to transform
organization and delivery of care and services to make it easier for people to navigate …

This paper describes 10 attributes of health literate health care organizations, that is, health
care organizations that make it easier for people to navigate, understand, and use …

This report provides recommendations developed collaboratively by CDC and the Office of
Population Affairs (OPA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The …

Improving health outcomes relies on patients' full engagement in prevention, decision-
making, and self-management activities. Health literacy, or people's ability to obtain …

The connection between health literacy and health outcomes includes access and utilization
of healthcare services, patient/provider interaction and self-care. Digital approaches can be …

Objectives: The objectives of this review were: i) to identify and synthesize the best available
evidence on the effectiveness on health-related outcomes of health literacy interventions for …

Health literacy is the capacity to understand basic health information and make appropriate
health decisions. Tens of millions of Americans have limited health literacy—a fact that …